Freedom’s Rise 20x 20″ oil on linen, framed by the artsit.

A Dolphin rises from the sea, through a wave, to catch a fish. We rise, against all odds, we gasp, to claim our place with our goal within our grasp. We celebrate those who bravely survived any way we could.
We forced ourselves upward, choosing the life of a creative, to face the horrors of a cynical world, to find our audience and patrons, adorers and abhorers, and worst of all, the masses of indifference.
Yet we are survivors. We persevere. So deeply personal, our work is intertwined and rooted with our identity. Our work emerges from the deep dark ocean of our soul, where abuse can wreak its greatest havoc.
So, here’s to me and all my fellow creative survivors, awkward, weird and beautiful in our own ways, who stay the weary course, year upon year. Here’s to the navigators of our freedom, who rise through struggle and adversity to lead us homeward. So when we catch a glimmer in the waves, it is that awesome culmination of the monumental will and sacrifice that persistence only wields.